It happened on this day, December 6
Events:
1240 – Mongols take control of Kyiv.
1877 – The first issue of the American newspaper “The Washington Post” is published.
1884 – Imam Muhammad Abduh arrives in Tunisia and meets the scholars of the Zaytouna mosque during a trip that lasts forty days.
1917 – Finland declared independence from Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
1941 – The Soviet Union launches its counterattack against Nazi Germany during World War II.
1956 – South African forces arrest Nelson Mandela and 156 of his companions for their anti-apartheid political activities.
1965 – Morocco breaks diplomatic relations with Syria to protest against the position of the official Syrian press, which accuses the Moroccan government of being responsible for the kidnapping of Moroccan opponent Mehdi Ben Barka in Paris.
1969 – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia wins the Al-Wadiah War, controls Sharurah and Al-Wadiah and occupies the southern port.
1971 – The United Arab Emirates joins the League of Arab States.
💥 Pakistan breaks diplomatic ties with India over its recognition of Bangladesh's independence.
1980 – The Middle East's first military medical academy is opened in Cairo.
1990 – Announcement of the creation of the Society Movement for Peace (Hamas) in Algeria, led by Mahfouz Nahnah.
1992 – A clash between Hindu and Muslim extremists in “Ayodhya” in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after Hindus attempted to demolish the Babri Mosque to erect a shrine to the Hindu god Rama.
2004 – Storming of the American consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2005 – An Iranian C-130 military plane crashes over Tehran, killing 94 people.
2010 – The ruler of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, appoints his son, Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud Al Qasimi, crown prince of the emirate.
2011 – The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, issues a decree dissolving the National Assembly after relations between the National Assembly and the Council of Ministers deteriorated.
2015 – Aden Governor Jaafar Muhammad Saad and several of his companions were assassinated by targeting his convoy with a car bomb in an operation claimed by ISIS.
2017 – US President Donald Trump recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
2019 – 30 Iraqi protesters were killed and more than 100 protesters were injured in Baghdad near the Sinak Bridge, an incident known as the Sinak and Al-Khalani massacre.
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Births:
846 – Imam Hassan Al-Askari, the eleventh imam of the Twelver Shiites.
1285 – King Fernando IV, king of the Kingdom of Castile.
1421 – King Henry VI, king of England.
1478 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author.
1531 – Vespasiano Gonzaga, Italian noble diplomat and writer.
1778 – Louis Joseph Guy-Lussac, French chemist and physicist.
1823 – Max Müller, German orientalist.
1898 – Gunnar Myrdl, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974.
1904 – Eve Curie, French writer.
1911 – Abdul Hadi Al-Isami, Iraqi writer, journalist and poet. 1915 – Abdel-Ghani Al-Najdi, Egyptian actor.
1917 – Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese thinker and political leader.
1919 – Razouk Faraj Razouk, Iraqi university professor and poet.
1920 – George Porter, British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.
1931 – Zeki Moran, Turkish singer.
1933 – Jiri Tichy, Czech footballer.
1939 – Abdul Hussein Abdul Reda, Kuwaiti actor
1935 – Hisham Jait, Tunisian writer, historian and thinker.
1942 – Peter Handke, Austrian writer.
1950 – Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer.
1955 – Tony Woodcock, English footballer.
1959 – Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo.
1962 – Jeanine Turner, American actress.
1964 – Sherihan, Egyptian actress.
1966 – Laila Al-Shayeb, Tunisian journalist.
1970 – Jeff Ross, American swimmer.
1971 – Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player.
1976 – Samah, Syrian actress working in Kuwait.
1977 – Amina, Egyptian singer and actress.
1979 – Tim Kehill, Australian rules footballer.
1981 – Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer.
1982 – Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist.
1984 – Moatasem Al-Nahar, Syrian actor.
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Death:
346 – Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop.
762 – Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, an Islamic revolutionary against the Abbasid regime.
1126 – Ibn Rushd al-Jadd, one of the leading jurists of the Almoravid state.
1185 – King Alfonso I, king of the Kingdom of Portugal.
1859 – Hermann Martin Asmus, German archaeologist.
1889 – Jefferson Davis, sole president of the American Confederation.
1892 – Ernst Werner von Siemens, German inventor.
1960 – Hashim Al-Atassi, second president of the Syrian Republic.
1961 – Frantz Fanon, French psychiatrist and philosopher.
1976 – João Goulart, 24th president of Brazil.
1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia.
1991 – Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel Prize in Economics in 1984.
1996 – Abdel Hamid Kishk, Egyptian Islamic scholar and preacher.
1998 – Cesare Baldaquini, French sculptor.
2004 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian football goalkeeper and coach.
2005 – Danny Williams, South African musician and singer.
2015 – Jaafar Muhammad Saad, Yemeni politician.
2018 – Taher Al-Salman, Saudi jurist, teacher and poet.
2020 – Aladdin Koksh, Syrian television director.
** Rajai Basila, Palestinian academic, poet and writer.
** Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguayan politician.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ International Day of Remembrance of Violence Against Women in Canada.
⏪ Independence Day in Finland.
⏪ Constitution Day in Spain.
⏪ Big Sisters Day in Japan.
